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AVARITIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
avarice; avaritia; covetousness; greed; rapacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("avaritia" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
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